MARLBORO 27S FULL

We started seeing what they need here and brought in those items…We ask students what they like here.” I like to buy these really expensive candies when I have money.”Īmirhosseini said, “I like to provide everything that a student at Vassar would like.

“I go there for Bark Thins Snacking Chocolate. Kim Romonoff ’18, goes there for the candy.

MARLBORO 27S FULL

So every year it is really different.” By trial and error, Amirhosseini has developed a store full of items that attract Vassar students. For example, Amirhosseini said, “Last year we had a student who bought lots of one type of yogurt and I got it every week for her. Every year, the products change as the students change. Vassar students are the store’s driving force. Not a thing is out of place, and if it were, it is no doubt a deliberate effort on the worker’s part to draw attention to it. The color scheme is pleasant to the eye, just as the items themselves range from the simple to the complex: Ramen Noodles to gourmet curry power, Bud Light to white California wine. She often rearranges parts of the store to make it more visually interesting. Too busy.” But from the look of the grocery store, she has turned the space into a different type of canvas with which she can be creative. She ended with a Bachelors degree in art and loves to paint, although she said,”I don’t paint anymore. I’m very comfortable here.”Īmirhosseini began college at New Paltz in 1990 after having come to the United States from Iran that year. And I want it to get better because I like it here. The manager, Minoo Amirhosseini, who is in charge of ordering items and running the store, said, “The business has been growing, which is really nice. Safari said, “When deliveries come, we all help stock the shelves. They switch stations effortlessly from cash registrar, deli maestro and shelf stocker with the strategy to create an energetic, friendly feel to the place. My Market’s staff of four, including Safari, is Iranian and speaks Farsi with one another. This helps, he noted, “I feel like I am still home.” Not ideal, but a viable option. He misses his family, but is realistic: “Maybe I can go over there, but it is not granted that I can come back.” So he and his family use Skype and computers to communicate. They don’t have an embassy here and they don’t have an embassy over there.” He said, “They can’t come here because America and Iran are not friendly together. Safari’s extended family still lives in Iran and it isn’t easy to visit them. We don’t talk about that… It’s kinda political.” “The people are all the same and very friendly. Having been a pharmacist in Iran, Safari compared Iranian and American shops and their ways of business.

“I am from northern Iran close to the Caspian Sea and by the Border of Russia. Safari came to the United States alone and hasn’t gone home since. The store is usually silent except for the hum of refrigerators, occasional hellos, beeping scanned items, crinkling plastic bags and an intangible aura of family. He stands behind the deli counter in his green apron and greets customers with a smile and slight nod. Nearly 15 years ago, Alli Safari came to America as an Iranian refugee today, he owns My Market and calls Vassar students his family. Over the years, they have formed bonds with students and often take their needs into account when stocking the store. The My Market employees have become fixtures of the Vassar and Poughkeepsie community.

Marlboro 27s